Ink industry after the new pattern is set (2)

Plastic gravure ink continues to grow

Plastic gravure printing ink is mainly used in the soft packaging printing of food and daily necessities. In recent years, the expansion of packaging printing has been the main reason for the increase of plastic gravure printing ink. Plastic gravure inks are mainly based on solvent-based inks, including surface-printed plastic inks and in-print (composite) plastic inks. New water-based inks are also being put into use. In China, the plastic gravure ink market is still in a period of steady growth. In plastic film printing, the uniqueness of gravure printing is unmatched by flexo printing. Therefore, many ink manufacturers are optimistic about the prospects for the development of plastic gravure printing inks. Everyone hopes that they can be assigned to a “cake”.

After implementing the joint stock system, Zhejiang New Oriental Group is currently engaged in the production of plastic gravure printing inks and polyurethane adhesives. The ink varieties have been expanded to more than 30 varieties. New Oriental has been to highlight the product of personalized to meet the different types of customers packaging color, different grades of requirements, so that the best cost-effective development direction. Mr. Ruan Yongyue, Technical Quality Department of New Oriental, said: “The current competition in the color printing market is very fierce. The profit space is constantly being compressed and the manufacturing cost is a definite trend. From the perspective of our market sales in recent years, polyurethane inks are the most affected by the market. Alas, for example, we currently produce Chao Lifu 300LM ink. The relevant person expects that the sales growth rate of polyurethane ink will reach 30% or more per year."

With the intensification of domestic environmental safety awareness, the improvement of government safety and environmental protection regulations, and the development of gravure ink in the direction of environmental protection, the absence of benzene in solvents is an inevitable trend. Zhejiang New Oriental Group timely introduced environmentally friendly inks such as 303LV alcohol-soluble compound inks, 313A alcohol-soluble surface printing inks, and 400 water-based compound inks. This is also the structure of the latest adjustments to the requirements of the international ink market after joining the WTO. The company will later reflect one aspect of its distinctive advantages in market competition.

Mr. Qi Yongyue also said that New Oriental will continue to use solvent-based plastic gravure printing inks as the main product. Among them, Chaolifu plastic gravure printing ink with resistance to cooking, good compoundness, good fastness, and bright color will be displayed in the image of New Oriental. industry.

Industry experts generally believe that plastic gravure inks will still be dominated by benzene-solvent-based and benzene-alcohol mixed-solvent-type plastic gravure inks in the next few years, and many new types of inks will be derived on this basis, such as very low. Solvent residual amount of plastic gravure ink and special color plastic gravure ink. It can be seen that, in the eyes of ink manufacturers, plastic gravure ink is the trump card of enterprises. Since the use of benzene solvent inks will be subject to more and more restrictions, the development of solvent-based gravure inks and water-based gravure inks will be some gravure inks. Ink manufacturer product development direction.

Offset printing ink

Offset printing inks have always dominated the ink market, and the output growth has been modest. At present, in addition to replacing imported high-grade offset printing inks sold in the domestic market, the products of several major offset printing ink manufacturers have also entered the international market, and there are still some subtle changes in the main product structure of offset printing inks of various manufacturers. High quality development.

Haiyan Huada Ink Chemical Co., Ltd.'s products are quite unique, such as offset printing spot color custom ink, CG series bright four-color offset printing ink, HY series fast-setting resin offset printing ink. Haiyue Huada's general manager Zhang Yuecheng pointed out in particular that the company's special offset ink custom ink, poker special ink is favored, accounting for 60% of the country's market share, cigarette package ink accounted for 50% of Zhejiang Province's market share, but the flagship product Or lock the four-color offset printing ink in the high-end ink market.

Zhang pointed out that although the company also sells plastic gravure inks, the research and development direction will be positioned on PANTONE spot color inks and soybean offset inks. "The market potential of offset printing ink is relatively large and we have great confidence."

In order to comply with environmental protection requirements, offset printing inks have also turned to the development and promotion of aromatic-free inks. The United States, Japan, and other countries have already had corresponding regulations to reduce the amount of toxic substances in ink. China has also begun to formulate relevant laws and regulations, especially in the food packaging industry, requiring the use of non-toxic, non-aromatic ink printing, to the "non-toxic, low consumption" direction. Offset ink development will also pay more attention to reducing the cost of raw materials, screening high-quality domestic materials to replace imported materials to produce high-quality, low-price offset printing inks, which is also a way to participate in international market competition.

The development of offset printing inks must keep pace with the international color printing market. It is accelerating the development of colorization, fineness, and high-speed development. In addition, high-fidelity high-line multi-color printing imposes higher requirements on offset printing inks. Offset printing inks are used as offset printing. One of the raw materials should meet this challenge.

Market pattern is not the same

The Chinese ink market in the past was represented by two schools of the North and the South and four major families. The two major schools of the South and the North differentiated by the north and south of the Yangtze River. This layout was a product of the establishment of New China and the planning system of the 1980s. After entering the 1980s, this pattern was gradually broken down. Talent flow and technological exchange completely broke the North-South system of ink. There are four companies in the ink industry of Shanghai Ink Factory, Tianjin Ink Factory, Hangzhou Ink Factory and Gangu Ink Factory, and they have taken the road of Sino-foreign joint ventures. In the ink industry, the market patterns of the four major families have disappeared. The ink companies of various types, such as joint ventures, stocks, private companies, etc., are contending with each other and a new situation of hegemony is emerging.

In recent years, with the continuous progress and adjustment of the ink industry, the market structure of ink has undergone great changes. Flint of the United States entered China and placed its position under the Yellow City. It can be seen that strength and courage are not unusual. Japan's DIC and Japan's Toyo Ink also accelerated the pace of investment in China; Taiyuan Gao set up its own branch in Shenzhen, and many emerging forces and new products have come out; some state-owned ink companies have successively joint ventures and restructuring, all of which are It shows that the ink market is filled with smoke.